mifold, The Grab-and-Go Booster Seat Review

Whether you own a car or not, chances are that your children will be commuting in a vehicle from time to time. In fact, while we can try our best to ensure our children’s safety in our own cars, at times when we do cab, commute in a friend’s car or travel in a chartered coach during overseas tours, we actually leave the safety of our children in the hands of other drivers. Fact is, even if we ourselves are safe road users, others may not be. So, we need to be prepared.

Introducing the mifold Grab-and-Go Booster:

At the launch of mifoldGrab-and-Go® Booster Seat by TaxiBaby (a local online store selling car and air travel accessories founded by safety experts ), we found these statistics alarming:
• 3 times as many babies / young children die in car accidents in Singapore compared to the US.
• More than 50% of children in motor accidents admitted to our local hospital KKH were not restrained at all.
• Only 6.1% of children (aged 12 and below) are placed in proper child restraints seats.
• More than 95% of car seats for children were not properly installed or used correctly. Not all child restraint seats are universally suited for all vehicles.

Taking Chances:

However, despite all the education and exposure, I do know of parents who still do not use proper child restraint seats for the following reasons:
– Too bulky
– Too costly
– Too lazy
– Too tight space in car
– Too inconvenient to store if not used
– Kids refused to be buckled down

Insurance and the law: We know of friends who were indirectly involved in accidents (not their fault) but when the insurance company found out that their kids were not properly seated in child restraint seats / booster seats, they had their insurance payout significantly reduced and on top of that, they received a fine from the Traffic Police. Imagine that!

For us, though I always insist that my kids are properly belted in child restraint seats in our OWN car. However, the rule is thrown out of the window whenever we travel in our friends/relatives’ cars, in taxis or Grab/Uber cars and in public buses. It does seem foolhardy that I take greater risk on my kids’ safety while in others’ hands then in my own!

Retailing at only S$99 and with a size just slightly larger than a a lady’s clutch bag, the world’s smallest, lightest and possibly safest child restraint seat – the mifoldGrab-and-Go® Booster Seat, which has already been sold in more than 100 countries, has arrived on our shores. I’m particularly excited as we travel often with our kids and Angie cabs/ubers with Buddy daily to the childcare centre. In fact, I’ve followed this revolutionary mifoldGrab-and-Go® Booster since its early crowd-funding, product development days. It is 10 times smaller (and lighter) than a regular child booster seat but yet certified to be just as safe. It has met all European safety regulations. More importantly, it is also approved locally by LTA and Singapore Traffic Police to be used in cars here.

Unlike traditional booster seats that lift a child up to an adult’s position, mifold holds the seat belt down to fit the child snugly, taking it off the child’s stomach and neck for maximum comfort and protection. An additional perk is that it is fully adjustable to fit children as they grow.

Our User Experience:

We share with you our experience of using the mifoldGrab-and-Go® and why we highly recommend it:

1. Peace of Mind: The mifoldGrab-and-Go® is small, portable and light. Angie can bring it around in her office tote bag and whip it out to use when cabbing with our kids. With the mifold, we won’t have to worry when our kids are carpooling with another family or risk being turned away by Uber/Grab drivers when we had to book private-hire cars.

2. Easy to Use: All it takes is less than 20 sec to hook the 3-point seat belt to the mifold and even faster to uninstall. Making it easy to just slip-in and slip-out of cabs and/or private hire cars!

3. Space-saving: No more bulky child seats taking up precious passenger space inside the car! You can comfortably fit 3 mifolds-in-a-row across the back seats of the smallest of cars which makes it perfect for larger families.

4. Compact: Regular booster seats will occupy a large part of the space in the car boot. With the mifold, we can tuck it away unobtrusively! It even can fit into the car’s glove compartment!

5. Travel Safe…anywhere in the world: Finally! We can bring our own booster seat along without incurring additional weight and bulk on our flights and save cost from renting booster seats from car rental companies – which can be very costly!

a. Select the correct width on the miFold for your child by extending the sides of the mifold.
b. Place the mifold flat on the car seat. Get your child to sit snugly on it.
c. Fasten the seat belt over your child ensuring that the seat belts are fed into the guides on each side of the mifold.
d. Attach the mifold shoulder clip to the shoulder belt and you’re ready to use it!

1. Why can’t I strap my child to a normal seat belt? Why must I use a car / booster seat for my child?
The normal seat belts in cars are designed for the adult body. A child’s smaller body may not allow the car seat belts to give him / her optimal protection. A child’s body consists of many small and growing bones (they actually have a few hundred more bones than adults). Therefore their bodies are far more fragile than an adult’s, requiring its own dedicated car / booster seat.

2. Is the mifold suitable for all ages?
The mifoldGrab-and-Go® Booster Seat is designed for children over 15kg, up to 150cm tall. For younger or smaller children, there are other suitable products such as the Ridesafer vest, which is suitable for kids up to 13.6kg that can enhance their safety at Taxibaby.sg (www.taxibaby.sg). Do check out the full range on Taxibaby website!

3. How do I know if my child still needs booster seats?
Under the Singapore Road Traffic Rules 2011, all passengers below 1.35m must use an approved child restraint or a body restraining seat-belt. The rule goes on to state that the child restraint (e.g. booster seat) must meet the country’s pre-determined safety standards.

4. How about if I hold my child tightly seated on my lap?
No matter how tightly we hold on to a child, our natural human instinct is to free our hands to protect ourself in the event of danger or impact. In so doing, we will instinctively release our child. Read more from this article.

The giveaway ends Sunday 30 April 2017, 11.59pm and is open to readers in Singapore. The winner will be contacted using the email address provided when entering this draw and will have 24 hours to respond, failing which a new winner will be drawn. No requests for change in colours will be entertained.

All entries will be verified before the winner is announced, incomplete and unverified entries will be disqualified. Please note that all Facebook and Instagram accounts (e.g. accounts set up purely to take part in contests with no authentic posts or very few real friends) will be disqualified. By entering this competition, you’ll also be signing up for TaxiBaby’s newsletter. All the best!

This looks awesome! My son is 8 and we have a 2 month old – that means less space behind with an extra infant car seat and especially when I have to sit behind too. This grab and go is compact and will definitely help us save space! 🙂

Hi LifestinyMiracles
I have 2active boys whom are 2 and 5 .
The car seats that both of them are currently sitting is taking up spacious space that my poor Mom always have to squeeze in between them
As she was much slimmer than me so that is the only seat I can spare for her when we went out together.
I hope I can win this for my kids to allow us to save lots of car space and convenient to bring along when we travel for any overseas road trip as it is pretty important not to lug more bulky or heavy items with luggages fully packed with my young kids stuffs.

My kiddos are 5 & 2 this year and whenever we need to Grab a car, we are always declined. with this awesome small size, portability will be a breeze for us to put into our bags! hope to win this mifold Grab-and-Go® Booster!

a. My kids are 5.5yo, 3.5yo and 2years old respectively.
b. I like that it is not bulky and we can keep it conveniently when it’s not in use. This is particularly useful feature when we have a big family as space is limited inside the car!

Was taking a grabcar recently and tried it. It is just simple , compact and safe. And I am so happy to see that there is a giveaway from lifestinymiracles! Hope to win this for my 5years old Boy. As mommy will know best when we don’t drive and needed to go around thing that is compact and lightweight and safe are very very important. Thanks lifestinymiracles and mifold for the great giveaway product!

Was taking a grabcar recently and tried it. It is just simple , compact and safe. And I am so happy to see that there is a giveaway from lifestinymiracles! Hope to win this for my 5years old Boy. As mommy will know best when we don’t drive and needed to go around thing that is compact and lightweight and safe are very very important. Thanks lifestinymiracles and mifold for the great giveaway product!

I love its so compact and convinent for a parent like me who need to travel from new house to parents house , i can just put it in my bag and use it it any car or cab for my girl when we need to travel to and fro
She is 3 years old .

Love that it is very compact and able to bring around everywhere by just putting it into a bag. And of course how safe and hassle free for parents to buckle their kids with this so that the car ride will be smoother and safer.

I have 3 girls- 5,3 and 1 yo! You could imagine our car being filled up with the bulky car seats and strollers!

I really love this compact and innovative product! It would be suitable for my eldest girl now and for all 3 of them in future!!! And yes, she always complain about the seat belt cutting her neck when she’s on her booster car seat! I’m sure she will find mifold much more comfortable!!!!

My kids are 6, 4 & 4months and I commute frequently alone with the kids. Love that the mifold Grab-and-Go® Booster is compact and easy to set up, and that I’ll be able to travel at ease knowing that they are kept safe, yet able to travel light!

My girl is 3 years old and she refuses to sit in her car seat sometimes. This is excellent as she prefers to be like an adult now, to sit by herself with the seat belt. Also, we are expecting our 2nd baby and probably won’t be able to squeeze 2 car seats in our small car.

I like that mifold Grab-and-Go Booster is small & extremely compact which makes it easy for us to use. Not forgetting it is light and very convenient to bring around!

My gal is coming to 7yrs in May..
She is using her highchair booster now which is bulky and taking up space at the back seat.
Especially during weekends, when we go out with her Gramps, we will need to remove the highchair booster in order to make the trip more comfortable for everyone. In this, we had to compromise on her not being buckled up for Safety.

Hope to win the Mifold Grab-and-Go Booster as it is so compact, space saving, easy installation as 1-2-3
Winning this Mifold Grab-and-Go Booster will let us have a safety ride on the road without having to compromise safety for space during the families outings.

My kids are 7 years old and 4 years old.
I like the ‘mifold Grab-and-Go® Booster!’ because its light weight, compact, and portable. So if I am taking a taxi or by another person car, i don’t have to worry about no booster, and feel very safe with the Mifold grab and go booster.

B) its so much Friebdly user that it is portable, lightweight and small to bring around for taxi use and oversea when we need to rent car! A piece of mind to ensure ny kids is safety all the time in car.

I like that the mifold is light and can be kept away when not in use, thus not just space saving but easy to bring around with.
We can use it during our overseas self drive trips without paying for costly booster seats rental. Convenient (to bring around) and Space-Saving! 🙂

Mostly importantly, mifold has the guides to secure the seat belt and the diagonal strap of the seat belt doesn’t cut the throat of my kids! Safe and Comfortable for use! 🙂

I first saw this in a Grab ride that I was in and the driver highly recommended it to me as I travel around often with my 3 year old boy. I like that it’s compact and easy-to-use and most importantly its safety features. I have been searching for it online to purchase one for easy commuting so your review is timely and has convinced me that I need to have this. It will have a long mileage as my 1 year old girl can use it in future too!

I have a 5yo girl who is very active. As a frequent user of private for-hire cars, mifold is very convenient as it is portable and easy to use. It provides security and peace of mind knowing that my child is securely fastened.
Hope to win one!

I hope to be able to win this for my 3 years old daughter. I like that it’s portable, so I can bring it when we need to take taxi\grab\uber. And will definitely will be useful when we travel overseas too.

We hope to win this for my 2 years old girl coming to 3 next year. I like this mifold so portable that I can use it everywhere taking car ride, taxi, uber and grab safely. It’s also very ideal and useful to bring along for oversea use too.

I have 2 kids aged 1 year and 4 months and a 4 year old boy.
What I love most about the mifold is its sheer size and functionality. We don’t own a car and when we use the taxi, they don’t provide any booster seats of course and I feel so worried all the time and pray that we wont be met with any accidents. And also when we travel overseas, some car companies do not provide a booster or the rental is so expensive so it would be nice to have a handy mifold in tow always so we can keep the kids safely fastened on their seats and it will also give me the peace of mind. It’s so small, we can even just slip it in inside my purse. haha… Really keeping my fingers crossed so we can travel happy and secured all the time.

Hope to win this for my boys. Love the mifold Grab-and-Go®. Its small, portable and light. The compactness and space saving is jus what we need for our car. The current 2 child seat one for my 4yr old and one for my 2yr old is taking up lotsa space.

My kids are 2 & 7. Booster seats really take up lots of space in our car and mifold seems to be really handy and easy to use. I like the feature of space saving and easy adjustment to make the seatbelt fits comfortably to my children’s body which in particular for children who really dislike wearing the adult seatbelt.

My kids are 6 and 4. This definitely help us save space in the car! Handy and simple to use. Yet do not compromise safety. This ideal creation will help us save the hassle of shifting my booster seats up and down when we transport things for office event!!

My kids aged 5 & 3 this year. Would like to own this because we frequent taxi every weekend to my mum’s place. It is compact and easy to carry around and most important, is the safety of it rather than they sit on adult lap.

What I crazed about this mifold Grab-and-Go booster is their simple design, lightweight & portabe feature. They made the product looked so cool, yet safely and so functional. Hope to be one of the lucky winners!!!

My kiddos are 1.5yo and 3.5yo. I love how compact and portable it is. With it, no more squeezing at the back with them on their big bulky car seats, able to secure them on taxis, able to take Uber/ Grab!, and so easy to bring it overseas. Oh yes, i’ve very strong family support and they take their grandparent’s car very often. My dad drives a 7 seater, so that he could bring his 5 grandchildren out. I could just imagine instead of 5 car seats/ boosters, we have 5 mifolds! Able to squeeze in us adults as well when we wanna carpool to head somewhere. I’m already excited typing this. lol

My kids are 4, 6 and 7 yrs. Sometimes I do take the kids out on my own using Uber/Grabcar or taxis. A mifold Grab-and-Go booster seat will come in handy! I like that it is compact, foldable and affordable!

My Boy is 7 years old and Girl is 4 years old.
Definitely love the portability of mifold! I can just dump it in my bag! I do take grab and uber quite often. Grab family is really limited and sometimes have to wait for a long time before I get a ride. With mifold, I can take a normal car! When I hitch a ride from frens and relatives, I can use it too! Keep my little girl safe, she love to move around in the car! Now I can strap her in! And it’s really easy to set up! Less than 2 minutes and I am done!
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Coz i dun own a car thus public transport is my travelling tools especially taxi. I still remember when my girl was around 3 years old and we boarded a taxi and this driver suddenly stopped his car and i lost my grab, my girl got a cut on her face just right beneath the eyes. Im so angry and blamed myself for not holding her tight enough.
This mifold definitely is my travel saviour coz it is compact, lightweight which i can easily place it inside my bag or even my girl backpack.

a) our kids are 5 and 7 currently
b) our fav features are that it is super compact, safe, and easy to use! All it takes is less than 20 sec to hook the 3-point seat belt to the mifold and even faster to uninstall. Making it easy to just slip-in and slip-out of cabs and/or private hire cars!

My child is 7 years old and this versatile booster seat is prefect for family like me who always travel in taxi or private hire cars as w does not own a vehicle!! Keeping it child safe in place while traveling is best for us.

Thank you for the giveaway!! Even if I don’t win this, I really hope this gets around because it’s just blood chilling to see kids jumping around in moving vehicles! Seen too many and each time I see one, I cannot help but visualize all the possible dangers the family is putting itself into!

I love the fact that it is so compact! It can fit even into a diaper bag so there’s really no more excuse for parents not to belt up these children!

My boys are 5 & 3 this year. Would love to win this as it’s so compact and portable. Currently we have 2 car seats in our car which are big and not portable. So each time when we are fetching friends without the kids, gotta spend a fair bit of time clearing up the car seats to make space which then takes out the previous boot space.

Being portable means we can also use this in my bro-in-law car without moving our car seat over or them not using any at all at times. Can travel at ease with mi fold! Hope can win and try this 🙂

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Formerly 'PrincessDanaDiaries', we renamed the blog with the addition of our baby boy. 'Life's Tiny Miracles' is a collection of our thoughts and reflections about parenthood. It also documents the beautiful and trying moments of everyday life - family, friendship, faith, food, travels, books and all other experiences that shape us, delight us, and help us appreciate life's tiny miracles.